{"id":2362,"date":"2021-02-10T11:24:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T11:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2021-02-10T11:24:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T11:24:23","slug":"a-bit-of-positivity-for-the-iw-story-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?p=2362","title":{"rendered":"A bit of positivity for the IW Story Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Only a week to go until the start of the<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" IW Story Festival (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?page_id=2340\" target=\"_blank\"> IW Story Festival<\/a> and my first session,  <strong>How to Beat the Niggle<\/strong>, which is on at <strong>1.15pm on Wednesday 17 February<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/152C0189-9C02-4417-B05F-16B9888ADC4D-229x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/152C0189-9C02-4417-B05F-16B9888ADC4D-229x300.jpeg 229w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/152C0189-9C02-4417-B05F-16B9888ADC4D-300x392.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/152C0189-9C02-4417-B05F-16B9888ADC4D-768x1004.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/152C0189-9C02-4417-B05F-16B9888ADC4D-783x1024.jpeg 783w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/152C0189-9C02-4417-B05F-16B9888ADC4D-624x816.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/152C0189-9C02-4417-B05F-16B9888ADC4D-scaled.jpeg 1957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been a tough 12 months for everyone, and I think all of us have felt the strain, at least from time-to-time, so I thought it was a good time to dust off my book about childhood anxiety and resilience, <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Niggle (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?p=1297\" target=\"_blank\">The Niggle<\/a>,<\/em><\/strong> to read at the festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in case that&#8217;s not positive enough, I will also be showing you how to make a positivity cube like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"positivity cube\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7hbtgOZ4qDo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong><em>The positivity cube in action!<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can get ahead of the game and print out the template for the cube from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?page_id=2340\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Join me on Wednesday 17 February, 1.15pm on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCGQgt2ONjVjb4GSKqfgVSKA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"IW Story Festival You Tube Channel (opens in a new tab)\">IW Story Festival You Tube Channel<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong><em>Can you make a scary face? 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